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New Member
United States
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Hi, everyone! I just joined - because I am having trouble finding any information about when the 2011 penny is going to be available.
I work for a yearbook company, & I my customer, a high school, is looking to place the 2011 penny on the cover of their yearbook.
This is what I have done so far, to try to obtain those pennies (I need 2,000):
1. Googled until I can google no more. This is how I located this website.
2. Contacted the U.S. Mint.
3. Contacted banks.
The only information from the bank was that - they don't know ahead of time that they are getting them - they get them when they get them. I saw a post here indicating that last year's 2010 penny wasn't available until "late"; yet I read other posts here, that members have come across the 2011 penny: it was given as change, etc. My customer is going to be oh-so-disappointed if I can't snag these pennies. There is a huge copper penny on the side of this high school, & the name of the school is "Lincoln-Way" - SO - you can see why I need this. Does anyone have any suggestions or know where I can find the 2011 penny? Thank you!
Amy
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
Hi - welcome to the forum! They are just now starting to come out. One place you might try is ebay - looks like you can get a box of them (50 rolls - 2500 coins) for around $50-75. I searched on "2011 penny box" and hit on several options. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
You could go to a local dealer and get a US mint set for 2011 which has almost all the coins issued this year, but that would cost $35 or so. Your best bet if you could wait for shipping would be to buy them on ebay like kenkat said. I have seen them on ebay for around $1-$2 for a 2011 cent from the philly mint and the Denver mint (P&D set). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
She needs 2000 of 'em tho...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 For a quantity of 2000, your best chance is to purchase an entire bank box of rolls($25). Your chances of getting them for face value from a bank are slim if you are on a short timeline but it can be done. There are always a number of new boxes available on ebay, it will probably cost you 2-2.5x face value though($50-75). http://coins.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_...0.m270.l1313 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
oops sorry I didn't read the 2000 part. Might be a little tough especially with the yearbook deadline being fairly soon. I would think the ebay box would be the best bet. Even though they would pay a nice premium for them, it wouldn't break the bank for a yearbook I wouldn't think. Otherwise, maybe settle for a picture of a 2011 cent on the cover :) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got about 5 of them. And I have seen merchants open rolls of them. so they are availiable
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is a member on here that has a $25 box of 2011 cents...but you need 50 posts before you can buy  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Since your talking about a school, you may want to have the school contact banks or the US Mint too. Not sure if that would really help but I would suspect a local bank would really want to help a school. Good public relations. Same with the Mint but again, that school should try using the board of education in your area to contact the local government for such things. Might end up getting them for cost of even free if done right. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Usually they seem to release new coins in Puerto Rico for some reason. Do you know anyone there who might ship you some?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1424 Posts |
I have 36 rolls which isn't quite enough for what you need but if you don't find them elsewhere you can contact me through the link in my signature line. Good luck, I hope you find them at a local bank!  |
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
I still havent seen any in circulation as of yet!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
809 Posts |
I got two 2011 Lincoln cents in my change yesterday at the gas station!  |
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New Member
 United States
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I can't even believe how fast all of you answered my post!! Wow! Thank you SO much! I really appreciate it!
I am going to look into all of these suggestions. One thing I didn't understand about one of the posts, however: something about how I would need to post 50 times before being able to buy something?
Is that what that post means? I mean - it's probably how this works - but you know - I didn't read the fine print. Thank you!
My dad collected coins for years - & now that he has been gone for the past 6 years, my mom talks about selling his collection. But seriously, after reading some of these posts in general - not about the 2011 penny - but about a lot of different coins, I think that I just might have a new hobby!! Thank you!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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its very addictive--good luck!
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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